Ironing-table.



P. P. HARTER.

IEONING TABLE.

APPLIOATION FILED 14113.29, 1911.

Patented June 3, 1913.

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P. P. HARTER.

IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION mum 11,111.29, 1911.

1,063,442., Patented June 3, 1913.

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PHILIP P. HARTER, 0F NUREMBERG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1911.

Patented June 3, 1913.

Serial No. 617,773.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHiLIr P. HARTER, citizen of the United States, residing at Nuremberg, in the count-y of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved ironing table and has for an object to provide a table which may be folded compactly for storing away and for transportation, and a table which when set up will present a substantial and steady structure.

Another object of this invention is to provide an ironing-board with a supporting frame hinged to one end of the board and carrying a hinged prop to rest on the floor and hold the frame at an inclination, and a hinged upstanding brace to support the board above the frame in a horizontal position.

A further object of this invention is to provide the ironing table with cross braces of spring form which engage frictionally with the prop and the hinged upstanding brace to yieldingly hold the same in an open or closed position, thus eliminating the use of hooks, bolts, and the like, usually employed. These cross braces are also adapted to reinforce and hold together the side rails of the supporting frame.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved ironing table set up; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken centrally through the table set up; Fig. 3 is an under side perspective View of the improved table folded; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of the ironing table; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view partly in section of the same; Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 7 is a perspective detail illustrating the construction more fully.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates an ironing board of usual form having a cross bar 11 secured beneath one end. The cross bar 11 terminates at its ends in trunnions 12 to hingedly carry a supporting frame. A batten 13 is secured across the under side of the board 10 and is spaced inward from the cross bar 11.

The supporting frame comprises the side rails 14 hinged at their upper ends upon the trunnions 12 and having beveled lower supporting frame and adjacent to its upper end, and is adapted to lie within the upper end of the frame when folded. This table brace or support comprises a pair of spaced arms 18 fixed at their innerends upon a shaft 19 which is journaled at its extremities in the side rails 14 adjacent to their lower edges. The shaft 19 engages midway of its ends against the under sides of the spring braces 17 and may be rounded, as shown, or may be of any other suitable form, to hold the table brace in the desired position. A rod 20 connects the outer ends of the arms 18 to strengthen the brace. The upper ends of the arms 18 are beveled, as at 21, to seat against the under side of the board 10 and to bear against the batten 13.

The supporting frame is held in an inclined position by a prop, the latter comprising a pair of spaced legs 22 fixed at their upper ends upon a shaft 23 journaled at its extremities in the side rails 14 adjacent to their upper edges. The shaft 23 boars midway of its ends against the upper sides of the spring braces 17 and may be of any suitable form, as in the case of the shaft 19, and yieldingly holds the prop in an open or closed position. Diagonal braces 24 are disposed upon the outer edges of the legs 22, and a rung 25 engages across the lower ends of the legs 22 to strengthen the prop. The extremities of the legs 22 are beveled, as at 26, to rest upon the floor.

When it is desired to set up the improved ironing table the supporting frame comprising the rails 1 1 is swung down on its pivots 12 beneath the board 10 and the table brace comprising the arms 18 is raised from be tween the upper ends of the supporting frame members, and the upper extremities of the arms 18 engaged against the batten 13. The prop comprising the legs 22 is now swung down from the supporting frame until the inner edges at the upper ends strike the inner edges at the lower ends of the arms 18, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the prop is held from further outward movement. It will be noted that the beveled ends 15 and 26 of the supporting frame and the prop respectively rest upon the floor and hold the table 10 in a substantially horizontal position. W hen the table brace and the prop are swung into supporting position they are yieldingly held in such position by reason of the tension of the spring braces 17 bearing against the shafts 19 and 23. It is thus seen that the braces 17 serve the double function of strengthening the supporting frame and also of yieldingly holding the brace and the prop in position.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the draw ings, disclosing a slight modification of the invention, it will be noted that the general structure is identical with the preferred form, the difference residing in the provision of but one transverse supporting shaft 23, common to the table brace and the prop. This shaft 23 is journaled in the side bars 1a and carries the table brace, the same having its spaced arms 18 fixed at their inner ends upon the shaft 28, and joined at their outer ends by the rod 20. The prop, which is also carried upon the shaft 23, has its spaced legs 22 fixed at their upper ends upon the shaft 28 between the side bars 14; and the arms 18, and extends oppositely from the table brace. The shaft 23 may be rounded or be given angular shape, as in the preferred form, and receives thereagainst the diagonal spring braces 17 to yieldingly hold the shaft in po-' sition. Stops 27 are positioned against the inner sides and toward the upper ends of the bars let, the same comprising angle irons having one of their flanges projecting inward into the path of the legs 22*, and engaging with the same when said legs are swung down into operative position, as is disclosed in Fig. 4.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed is:

1. An ironing table comprising a board, a supporting frame hinged at one end to the board and including spaced side members, a prop pivoted to said frame members near their upper edges and adapted to bear upon the floor, a table support pivoted to the frame members near their lower edges and bearing against the board, said prop and table support overlapping at their contiguous ends and mutually supporting each other, andresilient diagonal braces extend ing between the pivots of the prop and sup port and. connected at't-heir ends to the frame members.

2. An ironing table comprising a board, a supporting frame including spaced side members hinged at one end to the board'and adapted to bear at the other end upon a floor, intermediate transverse members spaced apart and journaled in the frame side members near their upper and lower edges, a table support secured to the lowermost transverse member for engagement with the board, a prop secured to the upper most transverse memberfor engagement with the floor to support the frame, said table support and prop having over-lapping portions, the over-lapping portions being in contact and mutually supporting the table support and prop when extended, and spring braces connected at their ends to said side members and extending between the transverse members.

3. An ironing table, comprising a board, a supporting frame hinged at one end to the board, a table support hinged to the frame and bearing beneath the board, a prop iingod to the frame and adapted to engage floor, and diagonally disposed yieldable braces connected to the supporting frame and bearing against the table support and the prop and holding the same in closed or open position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP P. HARTER. Witnesses i J. G. SINGLEY, S. A. KLINGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents.

Washington, D. C. 

